Johann Ernst von Schmettau
Johann Ernst von Schmettau (* 1703 in Zeitz ; † May 1, 1764 in Neustadt (Upper Silesia) ) was a Prussian major general , chief of the cuirassier regiment No. 4 and heir to Rohrlach (east of Hirschberg in the Principality of Jauer) in Silesia .
Life
origin
His parents were the royal Prussian court advisor Friedrich Wilhelm von Schmettau (* 1670; † June 22, 1732) and his wife Sophia Dorothea, née Hünecke (1683–1763), daughter of captain Christian Leberecht Hünecke.
Military career
Schmettau went into Prussian service as early as 1718 and came into the regiment of Margrave Albrecht Friedrich. In 1730 he became a lieutenant, in 1739 he was given the company of Colonel von Werdeck, and on December 6, 1744 he became a major . On June 30, 1751 he became a lieutenant colonel , on June 13, 1755 he became a colonel . On December 5, 1757 he was promoted to major general. During his career he fought in the battle of Mollwitz and was wounded near Hohenfriedberg . For his achievements in the battle of Kesselsdorf Schmettau received the order Pour le Mérite . He also took part in the battles near Prague , Kolin , Breslau and Leuthen .
During the Seven Years' War in 1758 he was given cuirassier regiment No. 4, which previously belonged to Lieutenant General Friedrich Leopold von Geßler . In 1759 he was at the battle of Kunersdorf . Schmettau commanded a corps in Silesia with the task of observing the enemy. At the beginning of 1760 the corps - consisting of ten squadrons and 15 battalions - stood near Görlitz in Lusatia. In September 1762 he received the order to advance with his corps in Upper Silesia and to collect contributions from the cities .
On July 29, 1763 he bought the Rohrlach estate and the Silesian Inkolat from Baron von Hochberg . He died in Neustadt in Upper Silesia in 1764.
family
Schmettau married Anna Sophie Schlüter (* 1712 - May 1747) daughter of a notary from Rathenow in 1730. The couple had two sons and several daughters, including:
- Ernst Kasimir, captain in the "Raumer" fusilier regiment
- Karl Wilhelm (1734–1798), Lieutenant General and Chief of Dragoon Regiment No. 2
- ⚭ Sophia Wilhelmine Agnes von Götze (1734–1780), daughter of Ernst Ludwig von Goetze
- ⚭ 1782 Helene Sophie Wilhelmine von Alvensleben (* 7 December 1745; † 28 April 1784), widow of the secret war council Gebhard August II von Alvensleben from Hundisburg
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Johann Ernst von Schmettau . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape III . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1790, p. 478 ( Johann Ernst von Schmettau in the Google book search).
- Bernhard von Poten : Schmettau, Johann Ernst von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 642.
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt, Hamburg undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , pp. 451-452, no. 465.
Individual evidence
- ^ Siegmund Wilhelm Wohlbrück, Hellmut Kretzschmar: Historical messages from the Alvensleben gender. Volume 3, 1829, p. 364. Digitized
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmettau, Johann Ernst von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general, chief of the cuirassier regiment No. 4 and heir to Rohrlach in Silesia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1703 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Time |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1764 |
| Place of death | Neustadt (Upper Silesia) |